Austin This Weekend: Halloween, Oct. 30–Nov. 1

This weekend in Austin (Halloween weekend, Oct. 30–Nov. 1): Friday starts with Round Rock’s free Hometown Halloween, 3–7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, Zilker Botanical Garden’s Flutter Through the Forest runs 9 a.m.–2 p.m. with monarch releases at 11:30 and 1:30, Howl-O-Scream runs at Turner-Roberts Recreation Center 5:30–7:30 p.m., and Texas hosts Mississippi State at 6:30 p.m. CT on ESPN. Sunday, Nov. 1, the MACC throws Día de los Muertos 1–6 p.m., the Bullock’s exhibitions are free 10 a.m.–5 p.m. (films ticketed), and Ballet Folklórico de Austin dances Día de Muertos at the Long Center at 5. Evening shows: the Saxon, Antone’s, Cactus Cafe, Hole in the Wall and Mohawk.

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Here is Halloween weekend, Oct. 30–Nov. 1, from the Monday Austin Star paper: family and free picks, then sports and Austin’s own music rooms. Fees and tickets are noted where the source page lists them.

Friday, Oct. 30

Hometown Halloween Downtown

Fri., Oct. 30, 3–7 p.m. · East Main Street and Prete Plaza, 221 E. Main St., Round Rock · Admission is free · Outdoor

Round Rock trick-or-treats with local businesses on East Main and Prete Plaza, with a kiddie train, face painting, balloon twisting, and music and trivia from Raphina Austin. Admission is free to this fun and family friendly event. Outdoor.

Hometown Halloween

COTALAND open Halloween weekend

Fri., Oct. 30, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. · Sat., Oct. 31, 10 a.m.–9 p.m. · Sun., Nov. 1, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. · COTALAND, Austin

The park is open again Halloween weekend: Friday, Oct. 30, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 31, 10 a.m.–9 p.m.; and Sunday, Nov. 1, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Tickets and details on the park’s hours page.

COTALAND hours

Illustration — Austin’s local music rooms, Halloween weekend

Saxon Pub: Halloween weekend bills

Fri., Oct. 30 – Sun., Nov. 1 · Saxon Pub, 1320 S. Lamar Blvd., Austin

Friday, Oct. 30: TG BAD 6, West Texas Exiles 8, Dom Francis 10. Saturday, Oct. 31: Lost Austin Band 4, Davy Knowles 6, Dale Watson 8, Westbound Hearts 10. Sunday, Nov. 1: Purgatory Players 1 (a Central Texas Food Bank benefit), Grouchy Like Riley 4:30, The Resentments 6:30.

Saxon Pub

Cactus Cafe: Sophie Gault & Gurf Morlix

Fri., Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m. · Cactus Cafe, Austin

Sophie Gault & Gurf Morlix with Garret Owen at Cactus Cafe, Friday, Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m.

Cactus Cafe

Hole in the Wall: Halloween weekend

Fri., Oct. 30 – Sun., Nov. 1 · Hole in the Wall, Austin

English Teeth’s “Dumbest Show on Earth” Friday, Oct. 30, 8:30 p.m., then Soul in the Hole at 10:30. Twin Peaks Hole’O’Ween Saturday, Oct. 31, 9 p.m. KUTX Riley Reely Happy Hour Sunday, Nov. 1, 7 p.m.

Hole in the Wall

Mohawk: Halloween weekend, indoors and out

Fri., Oct. 30 – Sun., Nov. 1 · Mohawk, Austin

Playlunch indoors Friday, Oct. 30, 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31: Surely Tempo indoors, 8 p.m., and Blade Rave outdoors, 8 p.m. The Linda Lindas outdoors Sunday, Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m.

Mohawk

Hyde Park Theatre: Body, Burn Slowly

Thu., Oct. 29 and Fri., Oct. 30, 8 p.m. · Hyde Park Theatre, Austin

The Body, Burn Slowly poetry book release, Thursday–Friday, Oct. 29–30, 8 p.m.

Hyde Park Theatre

Touring dates, Halloween weekend

Fri., Oct. 30 – Sun., Nov. 1 · Moody Center, ACL Live, 3TEN, Concourse Project, Emo’s, Austin

Friday, Oct. 30: Ramón Ayala at Moody Center; NoDak Palooza at ACL Live; Goodbye June at 3TEN; Dombresky with Cartfish and Shep at Concourse Project (18+); Club 90s Presents Thrillerween at Emo’s. Saturday, Oct. 31: Madeon at ACL Live; Four Tet at Concourse Project (18+). Sunday, Nov. 1: Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert at ACL Live.

Moody Center ACL Live Concourse Project Emo’s

ZACH Theatre: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Now running through Feb. 14, 2027 · Whisenhunt at ZACH Theatre, Austin

ZACH Theatre’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe runs through Feb. 14, 2027 at the Whisenhunt.

ZACH shows

Saturday, Oct. 31 (Halloween)

Flutter Through the Forest at Zilker Botanical Garden

Sat., Oct. 31, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. · Zilker Botanical Garden, 2220 Barton Springs Rd., Austin · Outdoor

A Roots & Wings Festival day that opens with a 9 a.m. bird walk with Travis Audubon and a 10 a.m. pollinator walk. Kids’ tree climbs run 10 a.m.–12:45 p.m., monarch butterfly releases are at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., and the Singing Zoologist plays the Oak Grove Stage at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Guided nature walks run on the hour, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Food vendors. Outdoor.

Roots & Wings at Zilker

Howl-O-Scream at Turner-Roberts

Sat., Oct. 31, 5:30–7:30 p.m. · Turner-Roberts Recreation Center, 7201 Colony Loop Dr., Austin

A Halloween-night carnival at the East Austin rec center, Turner-Roberts Recreation Center, 7201 Colony Loop Dr.

Howl-O-Scream

Illustration — Texas hosts Mississippi State

Texas hosts Mississippi State at 6:30 on ESPN

Sat., Oct. 31, 6:30 p.m. CT, ESPN · DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin

Longhorns football hosts Mississippi State at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium on Halloween night.

Texas football

Hockey Hall of Fame Game in Cedar Park

Sat., Oct. 31, 7:07 p.m. · H-E-B Center, Cedar Park

Michigan State and North Dakota play the Hockey Hall of Fame Game at H-E-B Center.

Hockey Hall of Fame Game

Antone’s: Kennedy Ryon on Halloween night

Sat., Oct. 31, 8 p.m. · Antone’s, Austin

Kennedy Ryon plays Antone’s Saturday, Oct. 31, 8 p.m.

Antone’s

Sunday, Nov. 1

Día de los Muertos at the MACC

Sun., Nov. 1, 1–6 p.m. · Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin

The Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center calls it “our biggest event of the year.” Families make sugar skulls, add to a community altar, and come dressed as Catrinas and Calaveras.

ESB-MACC

Bullock H-E-B Free First Sunday

Sun., Nov. 1, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. (museum hours) · Bullock Texas State History Museum, 1800 N. Congress Ave., Austin · Exhibition admission is free; films stay ticketed · Indoor

Exhibition admission is free on the first Sunday of every month for H-E-B Free First Sunday at the Bullock Texas State History Museum, 1800 N. Congress Ave.; films stay ticketed. Indoor.

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Texas volleyball hosts Texas A&M; soccer hosts Auburn

Sun., Nov. 1, 12 p.m. CT · Volleyball on ABC at Gregory Gym · Soccer on SEC Network+ at Mike A. Myers Stadium, Austin

Texas volleyball meets Texas A&M at Gregory Gym (ABC). Texas soccer hosts Auburn the same hour at Mike A. Myers Stadium, 12 p.m., SEC Network+.

Texas volleyball Texas soccer

Long Center: Ballet Folklórico de Austin Día de Muertos

Sun., Nov. 1, 5 p.m. · Long Center, Austin

Ballet Folklórico de Austin dances Día de Muertos Sunday, Nov. 1, 5 p.m.; the Austin Jazz Hall of Fame Awards follow at 6 p.m.

Long Center events

Stubb’s Gospel Brunch with The Levites

Sun., Nov. 1, 10:30 a.m. · Stubb’s, Austin

Gospel Brunch with The Levites at Stubb’s, Sunday, Nov. 1, 10:30 a.m.

Stubb’s

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